The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 24, 1921, Page 2

| { i .PAGETWO ' THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE OCTOBER 24, 1921 FULL MEANING OF THESTRIKE RIDES 2,500,000 Ts How National-' Railroad Tie-'Then “Baldy” Haynes Retires up Will Hit The Public ' By NEA Service. Washington, Oct. 24—Because of America’s dependen on railroad transportation , facililies, with jthe great distances between the source: of food supply and the markets, a pro- tracted railroad strike would bring extraordinary hardships. This shows the four-way losses that a strike of railroad men, such as is called for Oct. 30, will entail to the public, to shippers, to railroad employes and to the railroad owner: General Public. The 1,100,000,000 persons who travel on our railroads annually will find their traveling congested and curtail- ed, if not cut off altogether. Thou- sands of these are salesmen, and the inability of these men to continue will bring an added slump in many businesses, and possibly additonal un- employment for me factory forces. The freight—amounting to” more than 2,500,000,000 tons yearly, will pile up on sidetracks or in ware- houses. Much of this will be foodstuffs aud coal, Failure to keep foodstuffs moving will bring hardship aad hunger in, many places fer the average stock kept on hand in most cities is su cient to supply the demand for only a week or two. Inability to move coal may lead to; closing of public utilities, such aa light and power plants and street car systems, and of schoois, and bring hardship into hospitals and other pub-| ing, what chances theyxlake needless-, of scarlet fever had lic institutions, Mails would be delayed, still fur- ther paralyzing business. Shippers, According to the latest figures ob- tainable, 829,709 freight cars are be- ing loaded weekly on American rail- roads. This enormous output, wita the exception of the smali amount that could be distributed by motor units, would be cut off. The, part that vital living neces- sities, such as food and coal, play in this distribution, is shown by ‘the fig- ures for the first three months of 1920, when a total of 11,731,247 cars, or 401,818,363 tons were shipped. Of this amount agricultural prod- ucts made up 1,045,798 cars or 26,- 023,087 tons, animal products 801,73: cars of 9,835,151 tons, mineral prod. ucts 4,318,449 cars or 206,296,128 tons, forest products 1,360,465 cars or 38,- 459,375 tons, and manufactured and miscellaneous products 3,060,460 cars or 78,261,469 tons. Millions, of dollars worth of perish-| able freight, made or in, the making for shipment, would, become a total loss if cars were unobiainable. Railroad Employes, The, number, of railroad employes today, following the radical reduc- tions, in personnel made by the rail- roads during 1921, is approximately 1,700,000. This is a reduction of about 300,000.or, roughly 15 per cent. In 1920, the total payroll of the , Tailroads, exclusive of officers, is estl- thated at $3,599,000,000 for the 1,993,- ‘524 persons who then were employed, or an ayerage wage of $1806. Wages will be a total loss, despite strike benefits. i With Regrets at Age of 70 By NEA Service. Solumbus, Ohio | Freeman Haynes, atte imately 2,500,000 mil years—or the equ around the world— grets, After being an engineer for 47 con- | secutive years, the nast 34 on the Nor- folk & Western train running between | Columbus and Portsmouth, he has/ | Deen pensioned. i ; Still vigorous, “Baldy” might have | gone on and on, transporting his hu- | man freight along the Scioto Vafley, if | he hadn’t had a birthday this Octcber. | He reached three score and, ten that i day and under the npany’s pensicu | rule engineers must be retired at that { Now “Baldy” is hard put to pass , the time. fs “I can’t imagine I’m through for, | good,” he says, as he potters around | | the house, vainly seeking a thrill in small tasks. “I just seem to be tak-| | ing a vacation. | “The big thing and the only thine! is faithful and loyal . 20,-— John iding approx- in the past 47 leni of 100 times retired with re- | jin the world | work.” | Some Thriliers. : “Baldy” has been in several’ col- | lisions, while 14 times the wheels of his iron servant have snuffed out a | human life. i But never aws it “Baldy’s” fault. “No engineer can have much re- | ‘spect for the intelligence of folks,” | says Baldy. “When he sees how often; | they try to beat the train to the cross- ily, he gives up hoping and prays for! | the best.” | In some respects modern railroad- ; ing is play compared with what it: used to be, according to “Baldy,” who, | | by the way, has a fine crop of ‘steel-| | Bray. hair, the nicknanie having been} born when he was 15 and an attack} \ over this paper to the War Finance! 'Corporation and by becoming res- | ponsible for the final payment, can} jsecure the money to tide them over, jand are able to extend to the farm- ler, credit for two and a half years, | without carrying the burden them- selves. “The farmer, who if compelled to pay hi: this ‘time would have to sacrifice his! live stock not now ready for market, or sell livestock or Jand at present | prices, will be abe to keep his live-: | stock until ready tor market, or until crop conditions enable him to make | good his note. e | Aid Farmers , “It is expected that“when possible, jassistance will also be given to am- | bitious farmers who are attempting | to diversify their farming operations ‘and extend their holdings of stock, ! more particularly in the dairy line. | By giving aid in this manner, and ‘by | relieving pressure on the banksy the | purposes for which-the War Finance | Corporation was established, will be fulfilled. | “Some people seem to have the | opinion that the government or some jone is handing out money with an ‘open hand,” continued Mr. Bell. Re- {quests have been received that seem; to indicate that. Nothing could be far- ‘at 47 YEARS AT THE . THROTTLE JOHN FREEMAN ERAN ENGINEMAN: HAYNES, VET-) leit him tempor-} arily bald, | “Por example, today both the rail-| road and the engineer are penalized if he works more than 16 consecu- tive hours without. rest,” says Baldy., “About 20 years ago { switched cars} for one solid week, without taking off my clothes.” aaa handling of the money are in Minne- | ‘The North Dakota members committee in addition to Mr.i eK, J. Weiser of Fargo and R. | Mr. Weiser is! Dakota Com- Bell Barron of Minot. hairman of the North : mittee. on the otner hand, JUDGE MORRIS IS HELD AFTER AUTO ACCIDEN Pasadena, , Calif., Oct. 24—Judge) Page Morris, occupant cl the Federa!} bench in Duluth for nearly two dec- ;ades and former congvessman, must appear in the Pasadena police court; | before Judge Frank ©. Dunham and answer to a charge of having failed to give aid to a woman injured by his, automobile while he was driving it. Judge, Morris, who ‘nas recently been! ttihg in the Federal court in Utah and who has a home here at 1190 Oak knoll avenue, is at liberty under $1,000} bonds, $500 each on two charges, one ‘failing to give aid to an injured person, the other of fai!ure to report an accident. Judge Morris was arrested after he; ‘ had been pursued for nearly a mile! by an officer on a motorcycle: In his defense it is stated that he did not Thousands of persons are engaged) they ‘om the truth. The War Finance indirectly in work that has to do. with the railroads. i walk out, these thousands also will! be out of jobs, and they will have nu strike benefits to fall back on. Railroad Owners. ' The strike, as planned, will tie up completely railroad systems whose net | earnings in 1920 were. $461,922,776, It would paralyze an industry that in| one year—1918—paid to its stock and! bond holders more than $830,000,000; in interest and dividends. \ The latest official. figures available! pedite the handling of money in this; that she w \for all roads show the total outstand-| ing capital of all companies to be; $20,784,832,341, in addition to out-, standing stock of switching and ter-! a minal companies ampunting to $486 602.296. Railways ‘themselves hold} $4.330,493,806 of the former and $112,-) When the men; }inance Corporation merely are ex-| Corporation and the Stock Growers tending the principle of the Federal Reserve Bank, except that in the case | of the two corporations, long time, or two and a half and three year loans: in renewal periods are extended, while in the case of the Federal Re-, serve Bank, loans are expected to be for not more than six months on agri- cultural paper and from. sixty to ninty days on commercial paper. \ | “Every effort will be made to ex- state,” Mr. ‘Bell concluded, “so that i both the banks and the farmers may reach an understanding of conditions on as possible and the financial situation in the state stabilized at the earliest opportunity.” Headquarters of the committee liav- know he had injured any one and was. unaware he was being vursued. alleged Judge Morris car str Mrs. Elizabeth Holmes of Pas- adena, Accounts differ as to whether the woman was knocked down. Lat-} er, when she was taken to the hospital } it was found she had terely suffered! a sprained back. i Judge Moi declaret that he did | not think his vr had injured Mrs. Holmes in any way and that he was under the impression that she got on! a street car immediately. He denies| knocked_ Gown, AGE. While a READY FOR MAL Milford, Eng., Oc newly wed couple y gone on a hon- eymoon trip, a burgla: entered the! hame and stole a marriage certi a piece of wedding cake, 2 mu: 578,558 of the latter, leaving $16,828,-i ing in charge the planning for the|strument and a shaving outfit. RR ee 362,773 in the hands of nearly 700,000} scattered stock and bond holders.) Many of these have only ‘small hold- { ings. FEDERAL AID North Dakota's requests for money from the funds the War Finance Board will extend to aid the agricul- tural interests of the country will be large, but the present is too early to make even a guess of the total amount, in the opinion of Mr. J, Bell of this city who is one of the representatives of North Dakota on the committee arranging for handling the money. Requests for money are coming in rapidly to the Agricultural Loan Agency of Minneapolis, which represents the Finance Corporation in the Northwest. | “With between 800 and 900 banks in | the state,” said Mr. Bell in discussing ! the situation, “each bank will have to ask for a small amount only, to, run the requests into the milions. | There are banks which do not re-; quire aid, banks whose business is! such that the extension of time of-| fered by the Finance Corporation ; does not make an apr This is es- | pecially true of the institutions in the sections of the state where the crops have been near normal for succeed- | ing years. “There “are other sections, how- ever,” continued the banker, “where the banks have ied paper for some time and have become so hard press- ; ed for money that they have felt it} necessary to ask their farmers clients to make paym The farmers, in| many cases are noi able to do this) without severe sicrifice, and it is to these banks and these farmers that the War 2 e Uncle Sam isn’t alone in his unemployment problem. 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